Resources and Tools: Cell Tissue

Resources and Tools

Cell, Tissue, DNA

Repository of postmortem brain specimens from neurologically impaired individuals and controls.

Repository of pre- and post-mortem brain, spinal cord, cerebrospinal fluid, serum, blood cells and urine for research on nervous system disorders.

Repository of brain, spinal cord, cerebrospinal fluid, blood, and other tissue samples from HIV-infected individuals.

A database of standardized clinical and neuropathological data from 29 NIA-funded Alzheimer's Disease Centers (ADCs) nationwide.

Stores data derived from NIA-funded studies on the genetics of late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

Banks DNA and cell lines from families with multiple individuals affected by Alzheimer's disease or related diseases.

NIH Repositories at Washington University, St. Louis

NIAAA Collaborative Study of the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA):
Banks DNA and cell lines from individuals with extensive family histories of alcoholism.
NIDA Center for Genetic Studies:
Banks DNA and cell lines from individuals diagnosed with substance abuse disorders.

NIGMS Human Genetic Cell Repository:
Contains nearly 10,000 cell lines and corresponding DNA from individuals with inherited diseases, apparently healthy individuals, and individuals of diverse geographic origins.
NINDS Human Genetics Resource Center:
Banks cells and DNA from individuals with Parkinson's disease, stroke, epilepsy and motor neuron disease. Is expanding to include Tourette's syndrome.
NIA Aging Cell Repository:
Includes cell lines and DNA from individuals with premature aging syndromes, and individuals with a diagnosis or risk of familial Alzheimer's disease.

Stores clinical data, cell lines and DNA from affected and unaffected individuals in families with Alzheimer's disease, autism, bipolar disorder, depression, schizophrenia and other disorders.

Lists human embryonic stem cell lines that are eligible for use in NIH-supported research.

Provides well characterized human adult stem cell preparations to academic researchers worldwide.

Established by NCRR to provide customized, large scale, cell culture services for basic research laboratories.

Database of cDNAs expressed in human and animal eye sorted by organism, type of eye tissue, and disease, where applicable.

NIH Gene Collections

Support the production of full-length, open reading frame clones from human, mouse and rat, zebrafish, and Xenopus frogs.